Vasai-Virar

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Vasai - Virar ( Marathi: वसई - Vasai - Virar विरार [ ʋʌsʌi ʋira ː r] ) is a town in the Indian state of Maharashtra with 1.2 million inhabitants ( 2011 census ). It was created in 2009 by the merger of the towns Vasai, Virar, Navghar - Manikpur and Nalasopara and of the 53 villages. Vasai - Virar belongs to the catchment area of ​​the city of Mumbai (Bombay).

Geography

Vasai - Virar is located on the coast of the Arabian Sea north of the city of Mumbai (Bombay). The city is part of the taluka ( sub-district ) of District Vasai Thane. The urban area extends between the Vasai Creek, a tributary of the Ulhas River, in the south and the mouth of Vaitarna river in the North. The historic center of Vasai is located in the south at the Vasai Creek, Virar located 16 miles to the north near the mouth of Vaitarna. Are newly built residential areas between the two places. Vasai - Virar is part of the metropolitan region of Mumbai. The city center of Mumbai is located 50 kilometers from Virar Vasai -.

History

Vasai, which was formerly known under the name of Bassein, is a former Portuguese colony. 1534 joined the Portuguese here with the Sultanate of Gujarat the Treaty of Bassein, in which the Sultan ceded them to the field of Bassein and Bombay. Two years later, the Portuguese built the fort Bassein. The place remained for two centuries under Portuguese rule and became an important base and thriving port. Bassein in 1739 was attacked by the Marathas and had to after two months of siege arise. In the First Marathenkrieg the British conquered the city in 1780, but they came back two years later to the Marathas from. 1802, the second Treaty of Bassein between the British and the Marathas was closed in Bassein. As a result of the Third Marathenkrieges Bassein in 1818 was finally definitively British and became the Thane district of Bombay Presidency slammed. Due to the rise of Bombay Bassein lost its importance and fell back to an obscure seaside village.

After the Indian independence in 1947 Vasai and Virar in 1960 came to the state of Maharashtra. Through the expansion of the city of Mumbai, the area of Vasai and Virar experienced from the late 20th century, a strong population growth. On 3 July 2009, the city of Vasai - Virar ( Vasai - Virar Municipal Corporation) by merging the four cities Vasai, Virar, Navghar - Manikpur and Nalasopara and with the involvement of 53 villages were formed. After protests by the villagers in 2011 29 of the villages from Vasai - Virar of the city were released.